Donald Trump 'Weighed In' On Son's Russia Statement, Says White House

Contradicts US President's lawyer.

Donald Trump “weighed in” on the misleading statement issued by his son about his controversial meeting with a Russian lawyer, the White House has said.

“The President weighed in as any father would, based on the limited information he had,” White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, adding that Trump “certainly didn’t dictate” Donald Trump Jr’s statement, but did offer suggestions.

According to the Post report, Trump was integral to heavily editing a statement that was eventually given to the press. “This was ... unnecessary,” one of the president’s advisers told the newspaper.

“Now someone can claim he’s the one who attempted to mislead. Somebody can argue the president is saying he doesn’t want you to say the whole truth.”

On Tuesday, Hucakbee Sanders said: “Everybody wants to try to make this some story about misleading. The only things I see misleading is a year’s worth of stories that have been fuelling a false narrative about this Russia collusion,”